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Thank you tykes51 and Malone. I'm with loubylou on this one. Thought it was easy, then looked it up and got the same info. I had to go to my tatty old Chambers to get the full skinny. Every day is a schoolday...

Thanks, Morgana. I tend to go to Chambers before resorting to Google!

I agree Malone - Google seems to be getting narrower and narrower in the search results it provides. There are millions of similar results but not the ones you want!

Stuck on 9d (my last one, if I've got 13a correct)

'Disagreement - politician cut short and lightly struck by the sound of it'
8 letters: ?O?F?I?T

Conflict

Ah, thank you. Not come across Con as an abbreviation for 'a politician' before.

Julesvern
Hopefully not all politicians are cons ... and vice versa!

Private Eye 741
25 across
Scottish smoker holding back company’s deputy
L?C?M
Clearly locum, synonym for deputy. Please can someone explain the cryptic bit

Private Eye 741
25 across
Scottish smoker holding back company’s deputy
L?C?M
Clearly locum, synonym for deputy. Please can someone explain the cryptic bit

Lum is a Scots word for chimney